jubei33
11th November 07, 04:00 AM
So, you've got no food to eat, blood sugar's a little low and your hypoglycemia is making it difficult for people to be around you? Well, no more brooding over that 7-11 burrito for you, my son, let them eat soup!
Improv Soup for Beginners
I looked through the fridge on this cold fall day and found these:
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2 Carrots, a couple of potatoes, some garlic, an onion, half a bag of shitake mushrooms, half a stalk of leftover celery with leaves, various spices like rosemary, salt, pepper and thyme and sadly no meat. Not so much, but that's all right though, veggie soup for two or three it is.
Step 1: Cut all that up into soup chunks (minus fingers and skin).
Step 2: Add butter or oil then Saute garlic. After its a little browned add onion and saute nicely. Use a spatula or use that kung fu training for something useful.
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Step 3: remove onions and garlic, add some oil to the pan and wait for it to heat up. Once it smokes a little, add potatoes and brown them a bit.
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Step 4: Fill stock pot with water, probably 4 cups for two people if they're hungry. Add potatoes, garlic and onions to pot. Turn on low heat.
Step 5: Saute everything else, add to pot.
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Step 6: Simmer on medium heat for a little while, maybe 20 minutes depending on your altitude. See that crap floating on the top of the soup, the soup scum? Remove it with a spoon or a ladle , but try not to loose the soup.
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Now add spices, salt and pepper to your preference. A pinch of rosemary and thyme and a half table spoon of brown sugar. Mix well and wait. Taste adjust if necessary. The trick is not to add too much all at once and build up to the flavor you like. If you put in a fist of salt all at once you'll be eating brine and even the flies won't touch it.
Now you also have a choice. You can have soup or make a stew and all you need is some roux. "WTF is roux!?" you ask? It's a 50/50 blend of butter and flour for thickening soups, chowders and gumbos and such. Measure out about 20-30 grams of flour and butter each, saute and mix in your pan until it's a little brown and pasty. Add to the soup and mix well. If all goes well it should look like this:
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Serve
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if everything was done right then you'll be all rainbows:
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End notes: This took me 45 minutes start to finish, not counting clean up. You can add meat too if you want. I like to cook it a little after I saute the garlic then add it to the pot.
Improv Soup for Beginners
I looked through the fridge on this cold fall day and found these:
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j1.gif
2 Carrots, a couple of potatoes, some garlic, an onion, half a bag of shitake mushrooms, half a stalk of leftover celery with leaves, various spices like rosemary, salt, pepper and thyme and sadly no meat. Not so much, but that's all right though, veggie soup for two or three it is.
Step 1: Cut all that up into soup chunks (minus fingers and skin).
Step 2: Add butter or oil then Saute garlic. After its a little browned add onion and saute nicely. Use a spatula or use that kung fu training for something useful.
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j2.gif
Step 3: remove onions and garlic, add some oil to the pan and wait for it to heat up. Once it smokes a little, add potatoes and brown them a bit.
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j3.gif
Step 4: Fill stock pot with water, probably 4 cups for two people if they're hungry. Add potatoes, garlic and onions to pot. Turn on low heat.
Step 5: Saute everything else, add to pot.
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j4.gif
Step 6: Simmer on medium heat for a little while, maybe 20 minutes depending on your altitude. See that crap floating on the top of the soup, the soup scum? Remove it with a spoon or a ladle , but try not to loose the soup.
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j5.gif
Now add spices, salt and pepper to your preference. A pinch of rosemary and thyme and a half table spoon of brown sugar. Mix well and wait. Taste adjust if necessary. The trick is not to add too much all at once and build up to the flavor you like. If you put in a fist of salt all at once you'll be eating brine and even the flies won't touch it.
Now you also have a choice. You can have soup or make a stew and all you need is some roux. "WTF is roux!?" you ask? It's a 50/50 blend of butter and flour for thickening soups, chowders and gumbos and such. Measure out about 20-30 grams of flour and butter each, saute and mix in your pan until it's a little brown and pasty. Add to the soup and mix well. If all goes well it should look like this:
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/data/602/j6.gif
Serve
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/uploads/4497/j7.gif
if everything was done right then you'll be all rainbows:
http://www.bullshido.net/gallery/uploads/4497/j8.gif
End notes: This took me 45 minutes start to finish, not counting clean up. You can add meat too if you want. I like to cook it a little after I saute the garlic then add it to the pot.